William Burnet Wright Jr.
Formerly Governor Pinchot's Special Counsel
on Law EnforcementANY effective plan for carrying out the 18th Amendment should:

1.

Secure the sympathetic and understanding co-
operation and support of the rank and file of
law-abiding citizens, inspire confidence in the
government's enforcement methods, and create
a new respect for law in those who consistently
observe every fundamental law of the land except the 18th Amendment.

2.

Change the government's plan for enforcing the
Amendment and stop the illegal liquor traffic at
its source.

The prohibited liquor traffic is no more supplied by home
brew than the New York City water system is supplied
by local springs. Wipe out the great sources of supply of
liquor traffic, and it cannot continue. The lawless element
carrying on the traffic knows this.

Enforcement Difficulties Exaggerated

Difficulties of enforcing the Amendment have been
greatly exaggerated in the minds of the vast body of law-
abiding citizens. Their confidence in the government's
efforts to end illegal traffic in liquor must be restored.

The following plan is contingent upon no changes in
laws for carrying out the Amendment. It calls for no
increased appropriations, or additional federal courts or
judges.

Notes for this page

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.comPublication information:
Book title: Law Observance:Shall the People of the United States Uphold the Constitution?.
Contributors: W. Durant C. - Editor.
Publisher: Durant Award Office.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1929.
Page number: 537.

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